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5 ways to instill a love for reading in your child

My children love to read. But… that wasn’t always the case. Building a love for reading is like a slow dance. Children need to be introduced to it and woo’d. They need to be shown how books can transport them to far away places. They need to be taught that books are valuable resources for learning new things. They need to be convinced that spending time reading is productive and worth their time. So I put together a little list of ways I believe you can teach your young children to love reading. Each point is something that we have

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Preschool – Letter E

We had an egg-citing week this week! I’m sure you could probably guess it… but E is for E-gg. Surprise!! haha… I started the week a little unprepared. I had put several books on hold at my library, but they did not come in prior to us starting the letter E unit. I’m so thankful that The Peaceful Preschool always seems to have one day prepared for moments like this! So we began our week by taking a dozen eggs from our refrigerator, counting all the eggs, discussing how many equalled “one-dozen” and then proceeded to allow my 5 year

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Preschool – Letter D

We probably spent far too much time talking about (and eating!) donuts this week, but we had a lot of fun and learned some valuable lessons along the way! This week with The Peaceful Preschool, we focused on two books: If You Give a Dog a Donut and Make Way for Ducklings. My daughter’s favorite book the past couple months has been If You Give a Pig a Pancake, so she fell quickly in love with its counterpart! There is something sweet about the flow of Laura Numeroff’s writing that captivates kids. The simplicity of each sentence that leads you

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Pardon the interruption

“She delighted in seeing her plan upset by unexpected events, saying that it gave her great comfort, and that she looked on such things as an assurance that God was watching over her stewardship, was securing the accomplishment of His will, and working out his own design.” ~ Janet Erskine Stuart Interruptions. I’m fairly certain that the life of a mother is just a series of interruptions. Heaven forbid you try to make a phone call. It’s inevitable that as soon as you hit “dial” the noise level in your house escalates several decibels. You THOUGHT the kids were playing

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If You Teach a Kid to “Donut”

This past week we focused on the letter “D” by reading If You Give a Dog a Donut… over… and over… and over again! My kids LOVED this book and asked to read it multiple times a day. Tangent: If you are looking for a great time to read to your kids, breakfast and lunch is an amazing time! Keep a pile of books on your table and work your way through them while your kids eat (Of course make sure you are taking bites between pages… mama needs to be nourished too!!). This is always the time that we

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Holy Batman! My “baby” is 5

I’m pretty sure whoever came up with celebrating birthdays didn’t take into account a mother’s heart. Birthdays should just be passed over without ever mentioning it. Maybe… just maybe… if we didn’t celebrate it, our babies would stay little forever. Maybe… But alas, whether we like it or not, our babies somehow turn another year older, and here I am celebrating my little superhero’s 5th birthday. His golden birthday. Five on the 5th. Somehow 5 seems like a big birthday to me. It’s like my son went to bed a little boy and woke up more mature, more like his

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